The next-generation PlayStation 6 (PS6) is already well in development, and major decisions on the console have already been made.
According to a new report from Reuters, the new PS6 will, once again, feature an AMD chip in the system. The report says that Sony and Intel were in talks, but Intel lost the contract to AMD back in 2022.
The report claims that one of the disputes between Intel and Sony involved how much profit Intel would make from each processor. On top of the price dispute, backwards compatibility is said to be a major sticking point with Sony.
“Moving from AMD, which made the PlayStation 5 chip, to Intel would have risked backwards compatibility, which was a subject of discussion between Intel and Sony engineers and executives,” the report states. “Ensuring backward compatibility with prior versions of the PlayStation would have been costly and taken engineering resources.”
Whether that means backwards compatibility with just PS5 and PS4 games or that means further back in the PlayStation catalog is currently unknown.
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